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10A | MAY 27, 2021 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL City to mark Memorial Day with virtual service Th e City of Cottage Grove, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3473 and American Legion Post 32 are holding a virtual Me- morial Day ceremony on May 31. ELECTION from A1 The measure seeks to continue and expand services by implement- ing a local option tax of 2.8 cents per $1,000 of assessed land value for five years. For exam- ple, a property assessed at $200,000 would be charged $5.60 per year. As of May 20, the unof- ficial Lane County voting totals were as follows: South Lane School District Board Position 2 Taylor Wilhour – 1,284 Pam Duffy – 1,074 Write-in – 21 Total 2,379 Position 4 Sherry Duerst-Higgins – 1,314 Melanie Stuhlmiller – 1,272 Write-in – 28 DONATION from A1 separate endowment funds and has total assets with Oregon Community Foun- dation in excess of $4.8 mil- lion. Th e fi rst half of the ser- vice will be broadcast from city council chambers starting at 11 a.m. and can be viewed on the city’s You- Tube channel. COVID-19 restrictions prevent an audience from being present in the cham- bers and other broadcast options had not been veri- fi ed as of press time. Mayor Jeff Gowing will speak at the ceremony and a keynote speech will be given by Colonel Erik Ben- son. VFW Commander Kris- tine Sweezy will read a list of fallen veterans from the the community and Trini- Total: 2,614 Position 5 Colleen Valley – 1,204 Erik Benson – 1,106 Write-in – 23 Total: 2,333 Lane Community College Board Zone 1 Mark Boren – 7,091 Thomas Jennings – 6,949 Holli Johnson – 30,380 Write-in – 383 Total: 44,803 Zone 3 Mike Eyster – 31,104 Write-in – 690 Total: 31,794 Zone 4 Austin Folnagy – 29,908 Write-in – 640 Total: 30,548 Zone 5 Steve Mital – 25,986 Al King – 14,337 Write-in – 483 Total: 40,806 Lane Education Service District Director Position 1, Zone 1 Sydney Shenk Kissinger – 5,673 Write-in – 134 Total: 5,807 Director Position 3, Zone 3 Vanessa Truett – 5,020 Write-in – 118 Total: 5,138 Director Position 6 At-Large Rose I Wilde – 30,888 Rich Cunningham – 13,174 Write-in – 387 Total: 44,449 Creswell School District Board Position 4 Mike Anderson – 688 Write-in – 18 Total: 706 Director Position 5 Tim Rogers – 715 Write-in – 20 Total: 735 Director Position 6 Lacey Risdal – 693 Write-in – 15 Total: 708 South Lane County Fire & Rescue Board Position 1 Debby Stumph – 2,029 Write-in – 62 Total: 2,091 Position 3 Dan Duffy – 1,997 Write-in – 98 Total: 2,095 Position 4 Chris Holloman – 2,106 Write-in – 71 Total: 2,177 Position 5 Thomas Munroe – 2,084 Write-in – 68 Total: 2,152 Measure 20-319 Lane County Extension Service Yes – 43,294 No – 23,037 Total: 66,331 In addition to endow- ments created to provide scholarships, endowment funds have also been creat- ed by donors to provide an- nual grants to benefi t local organizations like Commu- nity Sharing and the Family Relief Nursery among oth- ers. 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